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LDO
: Lead District Officer
MFIs
: Micro-finance Institutions
MGNREGS : Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Scheme
mFOs
: Microfinance Organisations
MSME
: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
MNAIS
: Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme
NABARD
: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
NATP
: National Agricultural Technology Project
NAIS
: National Agricultural Insurance Scheme
NAFSCOB : National Federation of State Cooperative Banks
NAFARDB : National Cooperative Federation of Agricultural and Rural
Development Banks
NFAs
: ‘No-frills’ Accounts
NBFCs
: Non-Banking Financial Companies
NBFIs
: Non-Bank Financial Institutions
NCAER
: National Council of Applied Economic Research
NCDB
: National Co-operative Development Bank
NCEUS
: National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector
NAFUS
: National Fund for the Unorganised Sector
NAIS
: National Agricultural Insurance Scheme
NATP
: National Agricultural Technology Project
NGOs
: Non-Governmental Organisations
NHM
: National Horticultural Mission
NIPFP
: National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
NIRD
: National Institute of Rural Development
NIBM
: National Institute of Bank Management
NOFs
: Net Owned Funds
NPAs
: Non-Performing Assets
NPLs
: Non-Performing Loans
NRAA
: National Rain-fed Areas Authority
NRLM
: National Rural Livelihoods Mission
NSDC
: National Skill Development Corporation
NRNR
: Non-Resident Non-Repatriable
NSSO
: National Sample Survey Organisation
OD
: Over Draft
PACS
: Primary Agricultural Credit Societies
PCARDBs : Primary Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Banks
PCF
: Private Capital Formation
PCPIS
: Pilot Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme
PLPs
: Potential-Linked Plans
PLRs
: Prime Lending Rates
